Leon County Clerk of Courts, Official Records Division

Description:

*Allows domestic partners who live in a committed family relationship, but are not legally married, to register to receive the following benefits: a) healthcare facility visitation; b) healthcare decisions; c) funeral and burial decisions; d) notification of family members; e) preneed guardian designation; f) correctional facility visitation rights; g) participation in education
*Full registration documents are available in the Clerk's office or online
*Other office locations: 1276 Metropolitan Blvd, Rm 101; 315 S Calhoun St, 7th Floor

Intake Process:

Both partners must come in person, together, to the Leon County Clerk of Courts Official Records Division

Program Fees:

Call or visit website

Languages:

English, translator available

Eligibility:

a) Are at least 18 years old and competent to contract; b) Are not currently married under Florida law; c) Are not currently a partner in a domestic partnership relationship or a member of civil union with anyone else; d) Are not blood relatives, where one is a direct ascendant or direct descendant of the other (such as a son, daughter, parent, or grandparent), or a sister, brother, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew; e) Consent to the domestic partnership and to registering the domestic partnership without force, duress, or fraud; f) Agree to be jointly responsible in the support of the domestic partnership; g) Expressly declares his or her desire and intent to designate their domestic partner as their healthcare surrogate and agent to direct disposition of their body for funeral and burial; and h) Consider himself or herself as being in a committed domestic relationship with the other domestic partner, and consider himself or herself to be a member of the immediate family of the other domestic partner

Handicap Accessible?

Yes

Is Shelter?

No

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Date of Official Change:

May 17, 2024

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